Audio clutter reduction and content identification for web-based screen-readers

Abstract

A method and apparatus for reading a web page according to a set of user-configurable settings. In one embodiment, a set of user-configurable settings configured for reading the web page is determined. An initial reading position on the web page is determined as specified by the user-configurable settings. The web page is then read from the initial reading position according to the set of user-configurable settings.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention generally relates to data processing, and more specifically, to methods of programmatically reading web page content.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Computer networks were developed to allow multiple computers to communicate with each other. In general, a network can include a combination of hardware and software that cooperates to facilitate the desired communications. One example of a computer network is the Internet, a sophisticated worldwide network of computer system resources.[0005]Many networks, such as the Internet, are designed for use with a network browser to enable navigation between network addresses. A browser is an application program or facility that normally resides on a user's workstation and which is invoked when the user decides to access network addresses. A prior art Internet browser program typically accesses a given network address according to an addressing for...

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Problems solved by technology

However, sight-impaired users have difficulty navigating to the area of interest, e.g., the content 110, due to their inability to view the web page.

However, none of the tools allows the sight-impaired user to avoid hearing the “clutter” on the page and go directly to the content of the page that is of interest to the user.

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